Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has reversed his earlier statement. He now says he is not leaving the All Progressives Congress party. He stated this after a meeting with the party leadership in abuja.
The Benue State governor had on Monday announced that he was given a “red card” by his party, the APC and that he was free to join a party he shared the same ideology with, to advance his political career.
But after meeting for several hours with the party executives, in a last-ditch effort to prevent this happening, Ortom yielded to the Counsel of the party leadership .
The major contention which led to his earlier decision, was the feud between the governor and the chieftain of the party in the state Senator George Akume, which the party says, has been resolved.
It’s so sad for Benue state because the feud between Akume and Ortom is personal. The fact remains that their reconciliation has nothing to do with the plight of the Benue people. The choice of who becomes the governor in the state rests with the people based on key performance indicators.
It’s a pity at this age you still don’t have a mind of your own. But why betray your own people, and selling them off to be killed.